It again is an indication of how a NFL career can end in an instant and how players cannot protect themselves by playing to avoid injury -Harrison was hurt on a garbage play where his head went into one of his own players - so glad he appears OK

I was at the game yesterday.....I can tell you it was TERRIFING watching them huddle over him for that long. It seemed like forever..... I suspected he was either knocked out or had a neck injury when I saw them have him move first one leg then the other. Scary stuff watching them take him out flat on the cart. I'm so happy he's going to be fine. We just got home from Pittsburgh 15 minutes ago and the first thing I did was come here for news on James!

__________________"We're not going to turn our backs on him," Ward said. "We're going to treat him like our brother. We're going to accept him back and be very supportive of him and help him get through this. In this locker room, he's still our quarterback."

Nods I agree, Was like wow. the thing is Harrison Showed that Anything can Happen on Any play. I almost felt like he let his guard down it beeing the last play of the half. Just so happy he is ok. PLAYERS NEED to be so damn Cautious its almost scary. Just happy to see him walking and able to still play this game.

Harrison hurt his neck near the end of the first half of last Sunday's game and was strapped to a headboard and carted off the turf at Heinz Field. He returned to the Steelers' sideline for the start of the second half, and Tomlin confirmed today that the extreme measures medical personnel took in treating Harrison were precautionary.

Harrison, who took over for Joey Porter this season at right outside linebacker, leads the Steelers with one-and-a-half sacks.

"I'm glad that he is fine," Tomlin said, "personally and professionally."

Rookie tight end Matt Spaeth is nursing a thigh bruise and it could limit what he does in practice, Tomlin said.

I read an interview with Clark Haggans who said the trainers hid Harrison's helmet so he couldn't sneak back into the game. He comes ready to play!

From Monday's Post-Gazette, this stood out to me:

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...Harrison, still in uniform after undergoing all the precautionary tests, walked back to the Steelers' sideline early in the third quarter and pleaded with the medical staff to go back in the game. They basically laughed at him and sent him back to the locker room. When last seen, he was trudging off angrily, ripping the tape off his hands.

"You have to understand something about James," fellow linebacker Larry Foote said after the game. "He's nuts. He's definitely a little off."

Personality-wise, it looks like James Harrison is taking up where Lambert and Mean Joe left off.